Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[rodriguezpoultry]

Not you...just laughing at NYREDS hilarity!

Aw! The kids still use the term "lame"! I'm not that old after all!!

 

[NYREDS]

Not you...just laughing at NYREDS hilarity!

Aw! The kids still use the term "lame"! I'm not that old after all!!

Please, I've got shirts older than you.

 

[Chloe77]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Please, I've got shirts older than you.

Is that considered hoarding or record-keeping?

*bazinga*

 

[normanack]

But . . . but . . . If a person cheats at a show by coloring in feathers, shaving side sprigs, etc., and doesn't get caught, aren't they still shooting themselves in the foot by perpetuating those faults in their next generation of birds?

 

[Chloe77]

No?

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

But . . . but . . . If a person cheats at a show by coloring in feathers, shaving side sprigs, etc., and doesn't get caught, aren't they still shooting themselves in the foot by perpetuating those faults in their next generation of birds?

No doubt that some faults (like side sprigs) can be passed along to offspring. When I had blue rocks, I had a recurring issue with side sprigs in my males. So far, none in my Columbians, but if I were to get one he would be CULLED

 

[3riverschick]

Oh well I'm a happy camper. My trios' NPIP papers arrived today.

Walt Boese, their breeder, shipped them separately. He's the 1st NPIP inspector in the State of Montana. Also sent me some of those nifty nipple waters. I am gonna try them in my coop since his birds are raised with them. Which explains why my trio is so neat with their standard metal waterer, smile.
Best Success,
Karen

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Yes they are. Do they care? Possibly.

I know I've seen people not only show a bird that had a side sprig before the show...that somehow magically disappeared just before judging, and then used that bird as a breeder for their "hatchery."

Same "breeder" also used to shave down the spurs on their males so that they could show the males in a younger class (cockerels, instead of cocks) and win against those birds.

I digress. Using a bird with obvious DQs may work for some breeders as long as they cull hard against it in the future generations, but why have that hassle when a quick cut of the head will solve the problem.


But then there is this train of thought: At what point does conditioning and prepping for a show become cheating?

 

[Chloe77]

No doubt that some faults (like side sprigs) can be passed along to offspring. When I had blue rocks, I had a recurring issue with side sprigs in my males. So far, none in my Columbians, but if I were to get one he would be CULLED

I hope you aren't offended, but do you eat them afterwards?